14 Nov 2016

Capitol Hill:

Design Capitol Hill’s Next Banner

Hey Capitol Hill! Do you love doing things last minute and feeling the panicked excitement of almost missing deadlines? If you breathlessly answered yes, this post is just for you! November 15 is the deadline for entering your design in the Capitol Hill 2016 Banner Design Contest, so listen up: What on earth are you […]


14 Nov 2016

History:

Lost Capitol Hill: Samuel Colt’s Sub-Marine Battery

I have often written about the various experiments that have been done at the Navy Yard; this is a topic that draws me back again and again, much like the manufacturing history of the Hill on the whole does. Imagine my surprise to discover that there was an almost wholly forgotten episode that included one […]


08 Nov 2016

ANC:

Don’t Forget the ANC Vote!

It’s Election Day! Don’t forget to vote –and don’t worry if it temporarily slipped your mind, because no one will let you forget it! One of the votes you’ll be casting today is for your Advisory Neighborhood Commissioners (ANC). This office, for those of you not familiar with it, is determined by your address and it is […]


08 Nov 2016

News:

Hill Buzz

Meet Anacostia’s newest bike trail. It might be the most beautiful in the region. (Greater Greater Washington) There’s Finally A Plan For Ivy City’s Historic Crummell School Site (DCist) Great Piece of Union Station History Preserved and now on Display (PoPville) Buchanan Park – History Meets Community on Capitol Hill (Urban Turf) Developer Says Capitol […]


07 Nov 2016

History:

Lost Capitol Hill: James Casparis’s Saloon

I occasionally go through old pieces that I have written. Usually, I do this when I want to write a quick piece for a day with lower readership, such as Columbus Day. In this spirit, I looked at one of the earliest pieces here on the site. As it turned out, there was so much […]


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